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TQPEKA STATE JOURNAL TUESDAY EVENING. SEPTEMBER 1 1, 1900.
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CHARLES ADAMS &
fTO? WOMAN'S STORE.)
A Good Golf Skirt-
Wo placed on sale today a special value
in Golf Skirts at $3.75 "cl made of
good quality OXFORD KERSEY CLOTH,
4-inch Double-faced around bottom, six
rowi Stitching. Ribbon Bands, Tailored
Seams, Bound as good as many $5 Skirts,
Children's School Aprons
Children's Muslin Drawers....
CHARLES ADAMS & CO.
(THE WOMAN'S STORE.)
PEKIN LOOTED.
Allied Armies Have Left Little of
Value Outside the Palace.
Copyright, 1900, by Associated Fress.l
Shanghai, Sept. 11. The Taku steamer
which has arrived here brings reports of
the latest events In Fekin. These advices
are to the effect that the greatest har
mony prevails among the officers of the
allies,- who treat each other with extreme
courtesy and that the soldiers are living
as though members of one army. Late
arrivals say that if any clash occurs
during the occupation of Pekin It will be
brought on by the diplomats la Europe
and not by the soldiers in the field.
The inarch through the palace Was a
felstoric event. Every army was repre
sented. The Russians led and the troops
of other nationalities followed in the or
der previously reported by cable. Each
regiment of Americans who participa
ted In the relief of Pekin was represent
ed by about 150 men. General Chaffee,
General Barry and other officers leading.
A Russian band and the Sikhs' bagpipes
played national airs while the troops
filed through the ground and buildings.
There were many eunuchs attached to
the palace remaining and they stood by
looking as though they were attending
a funeral. They were evidently deeply
humiliated.
After the procession, which began to
move at S o'clock in the morning and
was an hour and a half in passing
through the grounds, a party of civilians
including the legation ladies and some
prominent missionaries were admitted.
Tea. was served to them, and the palace
was Inspected. The most remarkable
features of the buildings are said to be
the gilded exterior staircases, carved
from single stones with dragons, lions
and other ornaments. The empress' bed
Is trimmed with solid gold. After the
inspection the palace gates were again
. closed and no one was permitted to en
ter the grounds.
The troops arriving here are forwarded
to Pekin as fast as they land. The min
isters remain In Pekin. The city has
been entirely looted, except the palace,
and auction sales of loot, in which valu
able silks, furs, and bronaes are the prin
cipal articles, are held daily. The chief
bidders at these sales are army officers.
The newspaper correspondents had a
controversy with the officers, who at
first proposed that no correspondent
should be admitted to the palace with
the procession, but the press representa
tives were finally allowed to accompany
the troops.
The Chinese forts at Pel Tsang near
Taku, are still undisturbed. The British
made a reconnaissance in that vicinity
but the British commander says he will
remain passive unless he is attacked,
when he must fight In order to preserve
his self-respect. The Russians are ex
pected to attack soon, but they lack
sufficient artillery for their purpose.
A Russian scouting party was blown
up by a mine near the fort and several
of Its members were killed.
The commanders of the Chinese forts
at Che-Foo ore greatly disturbed by re
ports that the Germans propose taking
the forts, and they are threatening to
defend them to the end. The heavily
manned Krupps In the foreign settle
ment will be destroyed if a fight occurs.
The United States battleship Oregon ar
rived at Woo-Sung today. She steamed
at good speed throughout the trip. Her
officers say she is in perfect condition
for the present, though the repairs made
were of a temporary character.
ARRIVE AT MANILA.
Eight Troops of the First Cavalry
Reach Manila.
Washington, Sept. 11. The navy de
partment has been informed of the ar
rival of the battleship Oregon at Woo
Sung. The department was also ad
vised of the arrival at Shanghai from
Che Foo of the gunboat Nashville. Woo
Sung is the port of Shanghai, and here
the Oregon will remain, as her draft will
not permit of her going to Shanghai.
The war department has been In
formed of the arrival of the transport
Garonne at Manila on the 7th Inst.,
with eight troops of the First cavalry
aboard. There troops were originally
Intended for service in China, and were
among the first to be diverted to the
Philippines In accordance with the de
partment's decision to send no more
troops to Taku.
HER MINE RESTORED.
Valuable Property Taken by Mexicans
.Given Back to Frisco Woman.
Syracuse, N. T., Sept. 11. Two prom
inent lawyers of the City of Mexico,
Luis De La Barra and Francisco Oreilly,
are here for the purpose of conferring
with Mrs. Mary D. Grace regarding her
silver mines in the state of Durango,
Mexico.
They have come to arrange a final
settlement with Mrs. Grace. The prop
erty is valued by mining experts at
anywhere Irom 11,000,000 to J12.000 000.
Mrs. Grace is the principal of the
Tompkins school here, and has been
supporting herself while seeking to re
cover the mines in which she became in
terested in 1SS2, at which time she lived
In San Francisco.
The mines are now being worked and
the output of ore has been contracted
for by Guggenheimer Bros., of New
York. They are bankers who deal in
silver.
William J. Grace, eldest son of Mrs.
Grace, is In charge of the mines. He
was superintendent when the property
was taken from Mrs. Grace by the Mex
icans, who have held it for the past
seven years. The mines are situated
near the village of Nombre De Dlos.
about 500 miles north of the City of
Mexico. Before Mrs. Grace was dis
possessed by Spanish claimants under
the order of a minor court, a smelter
and complete outfit of mining ma
chinery worth nearly a million dollars
had been Installed. The mines them
selves earned this outlay. The prop
erty comes back to Mrs. Grace stripped
of most of its valuable machinery,
liven the mules which drew the ore cans
were taken away.
The pumps were smashed, the smelter
stroyea and everything that could be
ftone to wreck the property was done by i
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only KidJ a Eaoh
.25c and 29c ea.
.20c to 35c pr.
the Mexicans when they found that they
could not longer hang on to the prop
erty. A KANSAS SIZZARD.
The Temperature Averaged 10 De
grees Above Normal Last Week.
The following is the report of the cli
mate and crop service of the department
of agriculture for th Kansas section for
the week ending September 8.
GENERAL CONDITIONS.
A very warm week, the temperature
averaging about 10 degrees above the nor
mal. Good showers occurred In the ex
treme northwestern counties. In Morton,
Barber, Cowley, Chautauqua and Wood
son, with light showers in a few others,
while no rain fell tn the larger part of
the state.
EASTERN DIVISION.
Corn Is maturing rapidly in Johnson and
Marshall; it ia drying too rapidly in Ne
maha, and consequently Is shriveling; it
has dried in Jackson, and has been hurt
bv drought in Allen. The cutting of the
late corn has begun In Shawnee. Apples
are poor in Leavenworth, and have nearly
all fallen In Woodson. Pastures are hold
ing well in Marshall and Jackson, but are
getting quite dry in Nemaha, Leaven
worth, Shawnee and Neosho, have dried in
Elk, and are burning up In Greenwood.
Wheat-sowing has begun in Cherokee and
Johnson. The fourth crop of alfalfa is
being cut in Coffey. Haying still continues
in a few counties.
MIDDLE DIVISION.
The corn crop is rapidly passing out of
danper from frost; it is of better quality
in Harper than that of 1899: it ia ripening
rapidlv in Washington, ha3 dried up in
Reno, while in Kingman cutting Is about
finished. While apples have improved
some in Cowley, the crop In general has
been rapidly diminished by falling from
the trees. Wheat-sowing has commenced
in Dickinson, Republic and Washington,
some has been sown in Harvey, but many
of the farmers are waiting for rain first;
the ground is ready for seeding In Bar
ton and Cowley. Psstures are short and
stock water low. The third crop of al
falfa is nearlv ready to cut In Republic.
The cane and Kaffir harvest is In progress
in Barber.
WESTERN DIVISION.
Corn is being gathered In Ness; much of
it will be chaffy in Decatur, still the
county will have two-thirds of a crop: in
some parts of Sherman the corn is a good
crop, in other parts there is no corn. The
ground is too dry to plow except in the
extreme northern counties. Cattle are do
ing well in Sherman but in Morton they
are not improving on the short, dry grass
as in early August. Cane-cutting is in
progress in Thomas. Alfalfa has been a
good crop in Decatur, and prairie hay
quite a good crop.
NEAR THE BORDER.
Hoyt's Day and a Night Not So
Pleasing as His Other Plays.
Charles H. Hoyt, writer of farces
"poor Charlie Hoyt," as he is feelingly
referred to since he was adjudged of un
sound mind and placed under the car-
of brain specialists, has been accused,
in the writing of his latest success, "A
Day and a Night," to have attempted to
see just how near he could approach the
brink of Impropriety on the stage with
out offending refined taste. That he
clung to the brink tenaciously, all those
who have seen the farce can vouch, and
there is good ground for argument on
the question of his having overstepped
the dividing line at times. "A Stranger
in New York," the farce that immediate
ly preceded "A Day and a Night" is de
cidedly -'racy," but the latter goes it one
better, and had Mr. Hoyt retained his
mental faculties it is impossible to say
what might have been the result. "A
Dog in the Manger" proved a hopeless
failure, the first at the door of the play
wright.because the mind that construct
ed it was able only to supply the gross
material without the curtain of wit and
cleverness that characterized its earlier
efforts.
"A Day and a Night" is farcical story
of the "making of a sport," and as this
fact is developed early in the piece, what
follows does not surprise an audience. A
father plots with a friend to corrupt the
supposed morals of his son with the
view of making him a "man of the
world," and as Mr. Hoyt's shafts are
leveled at hypocrisy it develops that the
son has "made himself" behind the
screen of the church. The church and
marriage relations have been continuous
recipients of the playwright's satire for
several years, and it Is only reasonable
that he selected the church as the one
thing to aptly illustrate his ideas
The company seen in the farce at the
Crawford theater last night is not equal
to the original company here with It in
March, 1S99. The loss of Otis Harlan as
the sanctimonious son and "Big Bill"
Devere as the Commodore Is pronounced,
although Mr. Will H. Hatter and Mr.
Tom Martin make the parts satisfactory.
The female portion of the original com
pany was out of the ordinary, combining
pretty faces with unusual vaudeville
talent, and in this respect the present
company is sadly inferior. Not one of
the six young ladies now engaged can
lay even a modest claim to beauty.
Miss Cora Isham deserves particular
mention among the number tot her
songs. She has a pleasing and well
trained soprano voice, and was recalled
several times. She has the place filled
by Miss Florence Relda,who found much
favor with a Topeka audience, in the or
iginal company.
The audience that saw the farce last
night was large enough to fill the the
ater. BIG DEALS IN APPLES.
Farmer Buys Fruit of 3 4-Acre Farm
Containing 30,000 Bushel,
.Wolcott. N. T., Sept 1L Dr. Mack
Weger,. a leading Butler farmer, has
bought the apples in the thirty-four acre
Fernando Merrill orchard on the out
skirts of this village. The price paid
was $1,000 on the tree. Experts esti
mate the number of bushels of apples
as 30.000. The executors of the Draper
estate also have sold their half of the
apples in the Draper and Thacker or
chard for $600. The orchard contains
twenty acres, and the total yield Is es
timated at 22,000 bushels.
Charged With Stealing Beer.
Two colored men are In the clutches
of the city court. One for stealing beer
and the other Tor disturbing religious
services. Ewing Page became obstreper
ous and disturbed the quiet of the meet
ing at the St. Marks A. M. E. church
and he must now stand trial for the of
fense. W. Arnold is charged with hav
ing stolen a case of beer .from a Rock
Island freight cac
APPEALSfOR AID,
Governor Stanley Asks Eansans
to Contribute
For the Relief of the Galveston
Sufferers,
KANSAS ACTS FIRST.
Responds Immediately to Goyer
nor Say res' Appeal.
Governor Forwards 500
Storm TIctims Today.
to
Kansas Is the first state to respond to
the apeal for aid for the Galveston suf
ferers, issued by Governor Sayrea last
night
Governor Stanley today issued the fol
lowing proclamation:
"To the People of Kansas: On Sun
day, the 9th inst., the city of Galveston
was visited by one of the most dis
astrous tempests ever known. That
beautiful city is now in ruins. The liv
ing are busy burying the dead. Thou
sands of people are homeless. The need
for aid is immediate. Kansas has never
turned a deaf ear to the cry of distress,
nor withheld the hand of bounty from
the destitute.
"I appeal to the generous spirit of our
people to respond to the cry of Gal
veston in her hour of suffering. I re
quest that the mayors of the different
cities and towns of the state at once
take such steps as to them may seem
best to procure from their communities
donations of money, and that a collec
tion be taken in all of the churches of
the state on Sunday, the 16th, and that
such donations be sent at once to the
governor of Texas or the mayor of Gal
veston. "I confidently expect a generous re
sponse to this appeal for help for this
stricken community.
"W. E. STANLEY, Governor.
"Attest: Secretary of State."
The governor said today: "I have no
doubt that the generous people of Kan
sas will respond at once to this request
for aid for the Galveston sufferers. The
storm and its result are certainly the
worst ever recorded in the history, of
our country, and the people of the
United States, Kansas among them, will
at once realize the importance of prompt
action to prevent, so far as possible, ad
ditional suffering for the unfortunate
victims."
There remains In the India famine re
lief fund an unexpended balance of $500
which the governor was today author
ized by the state relief committee to
send immediately to Galveston.
This money is in the hands of F. D,
Coburn, secretary of the committee.
The members of the committee are as
follows: John E. Frost, F. O. Popenoe,
William Green, W. A. L. Thompson. F.
D. Coburn, Frank R. Millspaugh, John
R. Mulvane, Mayor C. J. Drew, and J.
K. Hudson.
Mayor Drew and Mr. Hudson are not
in the city, but the other members of
the committee are here, and they are
unanimous on the suggestion made by
the governor that this balance of $500
be sent to the Galveston sufferers.
NORTH TOPEKA.
Items Intended for this column should
be left with the Kimball Printin com
rany. 833 Kansas avenue.
Better leave your order now for your
hard coal. C. C. NICHOLSON. .
Charles Smith has taken a position
in the grocery store of J. K. Withers.
Miss Ida Lewis, of Hutchinson, i3 the
guest of Miss Mary Petro, of Harrison
street.
Mrs. James Campbell and sons have
returned from a week's visit to relatives
in Knowlton, Iowa.
Now is your time. Wash Skirts at half
price all this week.
COSTLET & POST.
Mr. Robert Lyons, of Chicago, Is
spending a few days here visiting bis
sister, Mrs. A. M. Baird.
This Is a chance. Our entire line of
Ladies' Shirt Waists at half price.
-COSTLEY & POST.
Dr. and Mrs. Berry of Topeka, were
the guests Sunday of Mr. and Mrs. A.
J. Berry, of Shady Nook farm.
Mr. John Sheetz ia expected home to
morrow from a three weeks' visit to
various places of Interest in Colorado.
Miss Myrtle Seymour will leave the
last of the week for Omaha, Neb., to
resume her work as teacher in the pub
lic schools.
If you want anything in Shoes or Hose
it will be money In your pocket to get
our prices.
COSTLEY & POST.
Mrs. J. M. Haynes and daughter
Edith, of 811 Harrison street, left Mon
day afternoon for a three weeks' vis't
to relatives in Washington, Ind.
Mr. Earl Seymour i3 expected home
tomorrow from Illinois, where he lias
been visiting friends for the past two
weeks IA Hillsboro, Springfield and Chi
cago. Mr. Ernest Ryberg, who has been visr
lting Mr. and Mrs. John Nystrom for
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os1 i-v-j-t- .-r-5?1'
Kiss Cora Isham, Who Pleased the Audience With Her Songs at
"A Day and a Night."
several days, will leave Wednesday for
St. Joseph. On the 24th of the month
he will go to Chicago, where he will
spend the winter studying.
Mr. John Holllday, and family will
leave the 15th of the month for Muncie,
Ind., to visit friends. Mr. Holllday will
only be away a short time, but Mrs.
Holllday will probably stay two months.
The watermelon treat which was to
have been given Monday evening to
the children of the Congregational Sun
day school was on account of the rain
postponed until Wednesday evening.
Mrs. M. A. Porter, accompanied by
her daughter, Mrs. Frank Hale, and her
grandchildren, Edith and Robert Hale,
left today for Green City, Mo., to vieit
her eon, Mr, Ralph Porter.
SOCIAL AND PERSONAL.
Invitations have been issued for the
marriage of Miss MaryHuron to Mr.
William Jamesford Hale, September 19,
at 6:30, at the First M. E. church.
Miss Edna Prescott was surprised by
some of her friends last evening. Those
in the party were: Miss Louise Mitchell,
Mabel Horton, Miss Ethel Ladd, Mr.
Henry LeDan, Mr. Percy Speer, Mr.
James Clark, Mr. Henry Strong.
Miss Jean Frost will entertain a num
ber of girls at tea Wednesday. The young
men will Join them, in the evening.
Miss Jennie Dawson will come up from
Holtoa today to enter Bethany.
Mrs. C. D. Purdon has gone to Texas
for a ten days' visit.
Mrs, O. J. Wood and daughters are
back from Ludington, Mich., where they
have spent the summer.
Miss Bernice Vreeland has returned
from a visit in Chicago.
- Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Jones have gone
to Oshkosh and Milwaukee for a month
or six weeks.
Miss Katherlne McNerney has return
ed from Chicago.
Mr. and Mrs. Rust have gone to Cleve
land for a short visit.
Misses Daisy and Lora Neil have re
turned from a two weeks' outing at the
Neil farm near Wakarusa.
Mr. and Mrs. Fruer will arrive this
week to make their home in Topeka.
Mrs. Fruer was well known here as Miss
Balnche Joerger.
Miss Lucile Mitchell has returned
from a month's visit in Colorado.
The Ladies' Music club will meet
Wednesday at 2:30 at the home of Miss
Mabel Martin in Potwin.
Mr. Joe L. Powell is visiting Mr. Por
ter S. Cook and family on his way from
Colorado to his home in Shadeland, Pa.
Mr. Henry L. Nelson and Miss Mary I.
Foster will be married at Bennington,
Kan. Mr. Nelson is connected with the
business office of the Topeka Daily Cap
ital. Both Mr. Nelson and Miss Foster
are former Washburn students.
Mr. Tom King has returned from New
York where he spent the past three
weeks.
Mr. F. H. Roebuck left yesterday for
a two months visit in England and
Scotland.
Mr. Harry F. Chute and Miss Zada M.
Wallace of Saffordville were married by
the probate judge this afternoon. Em
poria Republican.
Miss Lula Winton has returned after
a short visit with Miss Effie Wells in
Emporia.
Miss Ruth and Miss Louisa Brooke ar
rived yesterday from Guthrie, Ok, to
enter Bethany college.
Miss Gertrude Hill went to Lawrence
this afternoon.
Miss Addie Skinner and Miss Anna
Marie Walsh left today for Mexico, Mo.,
to continue their studies at Hardin col
lege. Mrs. Webb and granddaughter, Helen
Wells, have returned from a visit in
Kansas City.
Miss May Davis left yesterday for a
week s viBit in Junction City.
Mr. and Mrs. Will Whitton have re
turned from a short visit with Mr. and
Mrs. Frank Alderson in Leavenworth.
Miss May Huff and brother Seymour
have returned from a week's visit in
Burlingame.
Miss Leona Jones and Mr. Ernest
Hewitt were married Sept. 9 in Chicago.
Miss Jones was well known In Topeka.
Mr. and Mrs. Boyd of Chicago are
visiting Mr. and Mrs. C. C. Baker and
Mr. and Mrs. A. C. Davis.
Miss Edith Ott has returned from the
Taylor farm east of the city, where she
spent several weeks with Miss Adah
Taylor.
Mr. D. A. Valentine has returned from
a few days spent in Clay Center.
A Justice Without Prejudice.
From the Philadelphia Post!
Wayne MacVeagh. the well-known Phil
adelphia lawyer and ex-minister to Italy,
has a keen sense of humor.
Recently he was arguing a tedious, tech
nical case before the supreme court. The
affair drifted through long days of unin
teresting details. When it was finally
ended Mr. MacVeagh and a colleague, in
talking it over, speculated as to whom
Chief justice Fuller would assign to write
the opinion in the case, and the specula
tions resulted In a wager.
Just then Chief Justice Fuller came
-down the corridor. Mc. MacVeagh called
mm and told him or the wager.
"If you will help me out, Mr. Chief Jus
tice, and tell me whether my guess Is cor
rect the affair can be settled right here,
for you have the assigning to do and you
know whom you will ask to write the de
cision. "Whom have you selected In your wag
er, Mr. MacVeagh?" asked Mr. Fuller,
keenly interested.
"Justice Gray," answered Mr. Mac
Veagh. "And why did you choose Mr. Gray?"
"Because I noticed he slept through the
entire argument," answered Mr. MsM.
Veagh. Hoax "I suffer dreadfully from tooth
achean exposed nerve." Joax "Why
don t you see a dentist? Hoax livery
time I make, up my mind I find I haven't
the nerve."
SNAP SHOTS AT HOME NEWS
J. A. Rosen has gone to Chicago.
Grapes and watermelons are scarce.
Silas Porter of Kansas City visited Tow
peka yesterday.
Miss Lizzie Wooster has returned from
an extended eastern trip.
The rain yesterday was heavier west
of town than it was in the city.
Posters advertising the auditorium op
ening are being put up in Topeka,
W. S. Eberle has gone to Lawrence to
attend the K. N. G. officers' school.
The asphalt repairers are doing good
work on Kansas avenue at last.
A regular meeting of the Commercial
club will be held tomorrow evening.
J. H. Guy will make a speech to the
colored flambeau club Thursday night.
J. R. Burton is making speeches in the
Seventh congressional district this week.
O. T. Crawford has returned after a
business trip over the Crawford circuit.
. "Cider" Smith gets the medal by a
unanimous vote. It rained exactly on
time.
The city officials will move into their
new rooms in the city hall within a few
deys.
Rev. S. C, Coblentz has returned from
Manhattan where he dedicated a cew
church.
J. Rupin, son of Dr. A. Rupin, has
gone to Chicago to enter a medical
college.
A Topeka man kills turtle doves, and
induces himself to believe they are as
palatable as quails.
General E. J. Harrison, the govern
ment Good Roads expert, will speak in
Clay Center on September 22.
The Ohio settlers in Shawnee county
will meet at the old court house Friday
night to organize a county association.
The "Washburn football team has a
game scheduled with the Nebraska State
university on Saturday, September 22.
The -special train to the Republican
basket picnic at Wakarusa leaves the
Santa Fe depot Wednesday morning at
9:30.
Charles H. Samson wants to have all
the sons of the Empire state to get to
gether and form a Knickerbocker so
ciety. Nearly all the students for the coming
year at Washburn have arrived in the
city. Nearly all the old faces are to be
seen.
The street car tracks on East Eighth
avenue will be put in shape to be used
when there are meetings at the Audi
torium. Some one stole an alligator grip from
D. J. Barnett, a St. Joseph traveling man
at the Santa Fe depot last night. The
grip contained some mileage books.
Miss Caroline Whitteker has gradu
ated from Stormont hospital as a
trained nurse, and will go to New York
to take a post-graduate course.
A mass meeting under the auspices of
the Minister's Union will be held in Rep
resentative hall this evening. James A.
Troutman will deliver the principal ad
dress. The open air meeting which was to
have been addressed by Carl Browne, at
the corner of Sixth street and Kansas
avenue last evening was postponed on
account of the rain.
The Shawnee County Good Roads as
sociation will meet at the Commercial
club rooms next Saturday to complete
the arrangements for the building of the
Washburn-Seabrook experimental road.
Highland Park school will be opened
next Friday evening with a house warm
ing. The feature of the evening will be
the dropping of a curtain painted by
Artist George M. Stone. A musical and
literary programme has been arranged
for.
The Gavitt Medical company of this
city has given out in the last two weeks
over $3,000 worth of samples of their
remedies in Topeka. All samples were
regular retail sizes and every package
bore a revenue stamp. Nearly every
resident in Topeka is using their goods
with most remarkable results.
The Leavenworth Standard says of the
visit of Marshall's band to that city:
"The attention of all was attracted to
the grand concerts given by the Topeka
and Lawrence bands joined together and
when Sousa's immortal 'Stars and
Stripes Forever was rendered all other
sounds were hushed until the number
was concluded. Then the applause was
deafening."
BRITISHERS COMPLAIN.
Want Vessels That Can Compete
With Speedy German Steamers.
London, Sept '1L The remarkable
run of the Hamburg-American line
steamship Deutschland is exciting un
usual interest in England, and there is
much complaint because British vessels
are thus distanced in the speed compe
tition. The Daily Chronicle points out the
danger that in time of war British
trade would be at the mercy of such
swift commerce destroyers, and says
that the government and nation must
look to it.
The Cunard line manager when Inter
viewed yesterday paid:
"There is no doubt that Germany is
alive to the value of euch fast vessels
in the event of war, and the benevolent
attitude of the German government has
been largely instrumental in stimulating
their production. It ia all a question of
cost. Experience has proved that there
is no finality in speed development. The
Cunard line haa its eyes fully open to
the situation."
SAW A PLOT TO MURDER.
Americans on a Steamer Fear Russians
and Ban Boat to Shore.
Seattle, Wash., Sept. 11. The steamer
Samoa left Nome for the Siberian coast
early in August with men and material
for the operation of a concession in
Russian territory secured by London
capitalists. The expedition was in
charge of George D. Roberts, and he had
associated with him a Russian civil en
gineer named Dadounedvltch. The force
included thirty Russians, who had been
engaged as laborers, and six Ameri
cana --
Shortly after the vessel put to sea the
thirty laborers began to act in a man
ner that aroused the suspicion of the
Americans, and the uneasiness was aug
mented by the alleged discovery that
the Russians, with the exception of the
civil engineer, were all Cossack soldiers.
Roberts put a watch on them, and on
learning what he believed to be a plot
to seize the vessel and maroon or mur
der the Americans, he decided upon a
plan of action. One night when the
Russians were asleep the boat was
turned about and headed for Nome.
Upon the arrival of the vessel Roberts
Informed the local military forces of
the ajfair, and a squad of soldiers was
at once sent out to the boat and placed
in charge of the Russians. The affair
will be thoroughly sifted.
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You need not diet yourself. It will even
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DIET OF PORK AND HOMINY
Placed First in Professor Atwater's
Food Analysis.
New York, Sept.ll. Few persons know
what a square meal is, according to Pro
fessor Atwater, the Connecticut scien
tist, who makes a specialty of analyzing
food and determining its values. He has
just concluded, a series of remarkable
experiments and the result is that be
finds very few know what to eat.
It is common, for instance, to Imagine
that a sirloin steak is one of the most
nutritious of meats. Professor Atwater
has found that salt fat pork, for in
stance, is more than twice as rich in
nutriment and in fuel value. By fuel is
meant the property which furnishes heat
and energy to the body.
The World has the story of Atwater's
discoveries, and according to the eminent
experimentalist there is also a common
misapprehension concerning eggs. Most
people eat eggs, even with an effort, de
luding themselves by the thought that
they are nourishing. Now eggs are one
of the least nutritive of foods. Dried
white beans are more than eight times
as nutritious as eggs. Oysters are one
of the poorest of our foods in nutrient
value, while fish are almost equally val
ueless as muscle producers.
Professor Atwater announces that the
popular idea that fish are rich in phos
phorus and are consequently excellent as
a brain food is a mistake. There are a
score of common food products more
valuable as brain food than fish. The
foods which are richest in nutrients and
fuel will also be a surprise to most peo
ple. Among meats fat salt pork ia in
reality the most valuable food. None of
the meats or fishes compares, however,
with beans, rice or potatoes. Sugar is
found to be very valuable as a nutrient.
Professor Atwater commends candy, es
pecially for children, as one of the most
nutritious of foods.
The cereals far outrank all other foods
for both nutrient and fuel values. Even
in the analysis the popular idea is con
tradicted and we find oatmeal ranking
far below wheat flour. The most valu
able of all our food products in point
of nutrient and fuel value is cornmeal.
COL LITTLE SPEAKS.
Makes an Address on Philippine
Question at Smith Center.
Smith Center, Sept. 11. The Smith
county fusion campaign was opened
here by Col. E. C. Little, who apoke for
two hours to a crowd which filled the
opera house to overflowing. The weath
er was very disagreeable and the crowd
sweltered in the heat but listened at
tentively. Colonel Little took strong ground
against imperialism and the McKInley
policy of expansion. It was his first
political speech this year, and settled
all doubt as to his position on the Phil
ippine question.
He reviewed at length the history of
the controversy over the islands. He
held that if the same recognition and
consideration had been given Aguinal.o
and his government that was given the
Sultan of Sulu there would have been
no war, no loss of ilfe, no vast expen
diture of money and no troublesome
colonial difficulties. His speech was
well received and liberally applauded.
HIBERNIANS IN SESSION.
Will Make a Radical Change in the
Ritual
Philadelphia, Sept. 11. The national
office and directors of the Ancient Or
der of Hibernians, who have been in ses
sion in this city for the past three days,
have adopted a resolution of sympathy
for the Texas hurricane sufferers, a
copy of which was sent to the mayor of
Galveston. The consideration of ritualis
tic work took up a part of the session,
and an agreement was reached by which
a radical change in the ritual will be
made. In view of the expected publica
tion by December 1 of an official organ,
it was decided to publish therein the list
of newly elected state, county and divis
ion officers. Means were devised for the
spread of the society in a number of the
southern and western states, and in
teresting reports were received as to the
growth throughout the country of the
study of Irish history and of the Irish
language. The officers and directors also
discussed several matters of grave im
portance with a view of submitting
recommendations thereon to the conven
tion to be, held in 1902.
IS ORDERED HOME.
Rear Admiral Watson Detached From
Cruiser Baltimore. ,
Washington, Sept. 11. By an order is
sued by the navy department Rear Ad
miral J. C. Watson, lately in command
of the naval forces on the Asiatic sta
tion, is detached from the cruiser Balti
more and ordered to proceed to his home
and wait orders.
Commander E. C. Pendleton has been
detached from duty at the naval war
college and ordered to assume command
of the cruiser Atlanta on the 15th inst.
The Atlanta Is to take the place of the
Montgomery which goes out of commis
sion on the 15th inst. She is compara
tively a new boat, having been entirely
refitted and equipped.
COMING DRAMATIC EVENTS.
Richards A Pringle's Georgia Min
strels will be at the Crawford theater
Friday night Thirty colored minstrel
entertainers appear in a programme as
rich in novelty as varied in acts. The
first part shows many new ideas, the
setting of the stage being particularly
unique and far removed from anything
ever seen before In this style of enter
tainment. The curtain rises on a breezy
luxuriant Japanese setting, rich in beau
tiful drop-light effects. The entire com
pany appear in brilliant Japanese cos
tumes. The olio is made up of big acts,
every one of them being attractive and
novel, embodying the latest and best in
minstrelsy and vaudeville. The latest
and catchiest music is rendered by clev
er, sweet singers; quartettes in old-time
plantation melodies; comedians in up-to-date
witticisms, acrobats, dancers,
gymnasts, aerialista, monologlsts and
the famous "Black Watch Drill" are
some of the many features.
i
Arrest of a Bank Teller.
Owensboro, Ky., Sept. 11. Herman J.
Naunheim was arrested here last even
ing, charged with making erasures on
the books of the National Deposit bank.
He was arrested on a warrant sworn out
by National Bank Inspector Frazer, who
made the lnvestlgtaion. The erasures
were made on the register and stub reg
ister of the bank, and they involve a
shortage of $11,000.
A little life may be sacrificed to a
sudden attack of croup if you don't have
Dr. Thomas' Eclectric Oil on hand for
the emergency. .
Blobbs "War is a curse' globus
"Indeed it is. Every fellow who has
smelled powder rushes into print until
the weeklies and monthlies look like
powder magazines,"
Every farmer knows that to kill weeds
he must go to the roots. To cut the
weed on on tne sur
face, means that the
weed is still left to
grow. It's just that
way with boils, ul
cers, eruptions,
pimples and similar
diseases of the flesh.
To cure them you
must go to the roots,
down into the blood.
Mere surface treat
ment never gets rid
of the disease. It
will come back at
the first opportunity.
It is to its won
derful power in the
purification of the
blood that Doctor
Pierce's Golden
Medical Discovery
owes many of its
triumphs of healing.
It cleanses the blood
thoroughly, elimi
nating ail the refuse
matter and clears
out the waste and poisonous particles
which clog the body and so foul the
flesh. It eradicates from the blood the
conditions which make disease possible.
The result is that diseases die out like
nres that are unfed.
There is no medicine for the blood which
is "just as good ' as " Golden Medical
Discovery." Accept no substitute.
I feel it my duty to write to you of the won
derful curative powers of your 'Golden Medical
IMecovery,' " writes Geo. s. Henderson, Ksq.. of
Denaud, Lee Co., Florida. "I had ft bad bruise
on my right ear, and my blood wai badly out of
order. Z tried local doctor, but with no Rood
results. Finally, I wrote you the particulars in
my case, and you advised your Golden Medical
Discovery,' which I began to take. From the
first bottle I begun to feel better, and when I had
taken eight bottles the aore was heated up. 1
wish you success."
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FORTIETH EDITION.
tgg Pnt a copy in yonr grip yon will
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THE STORY OF A
COUNTRY TOWN
By E. W. HOWE
CHAS. DUDLEY WAENEE :
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W. D. HOWIUS, in Century:
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the 'Country Town' so much that I
am glad of an opportunity to say so."
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one of the most remarkable of Am
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EDINBTTRQ REVIEW:
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try districts has been well drawn by
Edward Eggleston, but with greater
intensity and reserved power by E.
W. Howe in 'The Story of a Country
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YELLOW FEVER IIAOES.
Mortality at Vera Cruz is Sixty Per
Cent, of Persons Attacked.
Havana, Sept. 11. Cleneral Maximo
Gomez and Senor Salvador Cisneros y
Betancourt have been in frequent con
sultation since the latter's return from
the United States, and It is understood
that the object of their conference is
to convert CJeneral Oomes from a
lethargic to an aggressive attitude.
Havana will consider the advisabitjr
of a quarantine against Vera Cruz where
the mortality from yellow fever is sixty
per cent of the persons attacked.
The disease here Is not markedly on
the Increase, but the recent heavy rains
are conducive to its spread. All the
United States troops have been removed
from La Cabanas to Triscornia Cam pa.
The customs receipts at the port of
Havana last Saturday were $74X00.
Do you know that
three-quarters of all the
world's headaches are the
result of using tea and
coffee ?
So physicians say.
Quit them and the
headaches quit.
Grain-O has the coffee
taste, but no headaches.
t A a grocers ; UcultSa,
THE FOOD DRINK Nfes'